StAIR - Stand Alone Instructional Resource
Introduction
StAIR is short for "Stand Alone Instructional Resource". This is anything that in and of itself, students can navigate in order to receive instruction, be tested, and receive feedback. In essence, StAIRs are self-contained teaching units. StAIRs can take on a variety of formats, but the StAIR I created was done with Microsoft PowerPoint in "kiosk mode".
My StAIR project was created for 5th - 7th grade students about the seven characteristics of living things. It begins with introducing students to the seven characteristics of living things and then gives them a mini-quiz about that content. If the student gets the questions right, they will proceed through the lesson to learn about distinguishing among living, non-living, and once-living things. If students get questions wrong in the quiz they are automatically directed to choose to go back and reread the important information, or to try the question again. This gives the students some control over monitoring their own learning and gives them immediate feedback on how they are interpreting and remembering the information presented. Providing immediate feedback to students about their learning is a research-proven practice that helps students learn. StAIRS are built to do this!
Context
This StAIR project was created in my second technology certificate course, CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technology to Education. For this project we were told to find an objective we have taught before and build a module that would teach this objective. We had to build in an immediate feedback system which let students know when they got a question right, and redirected them when they got it wrong. PowerPoint in kiosk mode worked well for this because of how the navigation buttons work. With these, you can link slides together that are not adjacent to each other. This allows for students to go back and reread if they get a question wrong, and it allows for the teacher to guide the instruction in a non-linear manner, as with a presentation style lesson. We also had to apply an instructional method to make sure we were properly integrating technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPCK). A didactic teaching approach is used in this module.
Educational Application
StAIRS have many educational applications. Any content can be adapted into a StAIR format that you would like students to learn independently. One use of StAIRs is for advancing and challenging your high students to go beyond what is taught in class and learn something new. Another way to use them is for practice and review of concepts already taught. They can also be used to teach content to students that were absent. The only downside to all the wonderful things a StAIR can do is the time it takes to create one.
Technologies Used
* Microsoft PowerPoint
StAIR is short for "Stand Alone Instructional Resource". This is anything that in and of itself, students can navigate in order to receive instruction, be tested, and receive feedback. In essence, StAIRs are self-contained teaching units. StAIRs can take on a variety of formats, but the StAIR I created was done with Microsoft PowerPoint in "kiosk mode".
My StAIR project was created for 5th - 7th grade students about the seven characteristics of living things. It begins with introducing students to the seven characteristics of living things and then gives them a mini-quiz about that content. If the student gets the questions right, they will proceed through the lesson to learn about distinguishing among living, non-living, and once-living things. If students get questions wrong in the quiz they are automatically directed to choose to go back and reread the important information, or to try the question again. This gives the students some control over monitoring their own learning and gives them immediate feedback on how they are interpreting and remembering the information presented. Providing immediate feedback to students about their learning is a research-proven practice that helps students learn. StAIRS are built to do this!
Context
This StAIR project was created in my second technology certificate course, CEP 811: Adapting Innovative Technology to Education. For this project we were told to find an objective we have taught before and build a module that would teach this objective. We had to build in an immediate feedback system which let students know when they got a question right, and redirected them when they got it wrong. PowerPoint in kiosk mode worked well for this because of how the navigation buttons work. With these, you can link slides together that are not adjacent to each other. This allows for students to go back and reread if they get a question wrong, and it allows for the teacher to guide the instruction in a non-linear manner, as with a presentation style lesson. We also had to apply an instructional method to make sure we were properly integrating technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge (TPCK). A didactic teaching approach is used in this module.
Educational Application
StAIRS have many educational applications. Any content can be adapted into a StAIR format that you would like students to learn independently. One use of StAIRs is for advancing and challenging your high students to go beyond what is taught in class and learn something new. Another way to use them is for practice and review of concepts already taught. They can also be used to teach content to students that were absent. The only downside to all the wonderful things a StAIR can do is the time it takes to create one.
Technologies Used
* Microsoft PowerPoint
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